Re: [ANN] Lua 5.2.0 (work5) now available

[Miles Bader <miles@...>]

KHMan <keinhong@gmail.com> writes:
>> - updated documentation
>> - new C API for unsigned integers
>> - bit library renamed to bit32; functions also renamed
>
> All-caps makes bit manipulation code look like some kind of pseudo
> assembly language... It's kinda dissonant rather than harmonious.

Yeah, the all-cap names are pretty awful...

-Miles

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